"swordedge" wrote in message
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With the paddle tug Old Trafford.


Steam Ship Manchester Progress. Built 1938 - Sold 1966. The first of two
ships of the same name owned by Manchester Liners.

I presume the photo is taken at one of the locks on the Manchester Ship
Canal. Presumption strengthened by the name of the paddle tug being "Old
Trafford"

During WW2, S.S.Manchester Progress was one the last ships to escape Rangoon
(Dec 1941) and evade Japanese patrols and make a successful return to the
UK. Later in the war she towed, without a naval escort, the crippled
motorship "Forest" several hundred miles in the North Atlantic to safety in
Iceland

The paddle tug "Old Trafford" was built in 1907 and worked on the Manchester
Ship Canal before being sold and renamed "Reliant" to work on the river
Tyne.

History and photos of "Old Trafford / Reliant" he

http://www.east-durham.co.uk/seaham/...ant/index.html

Regards,
Tuppence


P.S. Old Trafford is the home of Manchester United Football Club who, last
week, lost their European Champions title to Barcelona.